Automictic parthenogenesis in the diploid-triploid stick insect bacillus atticus and its flexibility leading to heterospecific diploid hybrids

Invertebrate Reproduction and Development

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 163-172

  Marescalchi, Ombretta ^a   Scali, Valerio ^a  

^a Dipartimento di Biologia Evoluzionistica Sperimentale   (Italy)

Author keywords

Genome addition; Hybridization; Meiotic flexibility; Polyploidy; Unisexual diversification

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS ATTICUS; BACILLUS ATTICUS CARIUS; BACILLUS GRANDII; BACILLUS ROSSIUS; INSECTA; PHASMATODEA;

EID: 0037534875     PISSN: 07924259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07924259.2003.9652535     Document Type: Article

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